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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAYY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HOME?. RIGGS, ofthe city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, :issignor to himself and Egbert G. Barnard, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Method of Fastening the Soles to Boots and Shoes; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side or edge view of a boot or shoe, with a metallic over-sole secured to the bottom- Figure 2 shows'the bottom of. the same with theears turned over.

Figure 3 represents another inode of constructing metal taps for boots or shoes.

Figure 4; shows the method of fastening or clasping India-rubber or leatherytaps to the bottom of boots or shoes. 1. F Y f i i The object of my invention is to protect the wear of soles, and to facilitate and cheapen the process of putting taps or half-soles on boots and slices, by which means nearly er quite double the wear of' either may be had, thus producing great economy in that necessary and almost indispensable article of use, dress, and ornament, worn in some ferm by the whole huinen race.

My invention consists in the forming ofV ears on metal plates, torturn up, and secured to the edges of the sole by screws in front ofthe ball of the foot, and also slotted holes init-he rear of the tap to pass over the head of n screw. A

That others maybe enabled to make and apply my new mode of'tapping or soling boots and shoes.7 I will describe the process more fully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

For the purpose of protecting the wear of boots and shoes, either when newer partly worn, I form plates 0r taps, A, of steel, of any suitable o1' desired thickness, with ears a Lwhich turn np over the edge of the sole; and in `the rear end of the tap A I make two or more holes d d, which maybe round or elongated, as seen in figs. 2 and 3,*'`or the 'purpose of putting in screws e e. The metal soles, as above described, are designed to be so that any one" can put them .on er take them ott` at' pleasure. I.Bhe one shown in tig. 3 will be more pliable,

and protect the wear nearly as well as if the centre portion were` in. For securingleathenhor taps 'of other`suit able material, I attach'to their under side strips of tenacious metal D D, two or more in number, with their ends projecting out sulliciently to be bent up, and secured Yto the edge ot' the soles Vin the manner above described, and can be put on rmly by almost any person, thereby savingV a great lexpense in the soling, without cutting the stitches or doing any injury to the boot or shoe.

Having thus fully described my intention, what I claim as new, and d'esireto secure by Letters Patent, is- Securing taps or over-soles of sheet metal, or `other suitable material, to the bottom of boots and shoes, by making slotted holes d Z in the ears a a, and also in the rear end of the tap A, to be sprung over the screwheads e e so that the'taps may be removed and replaced by the wearer at pleasure, substantially as and for the purposes herein set' forth.

HOMEB. RIGGS.

Witnesses: o

J. M. Woonnnrr, J. B. ADAMS.. 

